Goldberg Park
Goldberg Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Leavitt Avenue Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 2.5 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Homewood-Flossmoor Park District
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 18.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 18 mi
- Viewing area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leavitt Avenue Park: 0.7 mi
- Pinewood Park: 0.8 mi
- Ballantrae Park: 0.8 mi
- Highland Park: 0.9 mi
- Flossmoor Park: 0.9 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 1.9 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 2.5 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.3 mi
- The Grainery Building: 8.6 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.0 mi
- Dixie Highway: 2.0 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 4.8 mi
- Camp Thornton: 5.1 mi
- Hoxie Farm / Wampum Lake: 5.6 mi
- Spirit Trail Park: 2.2 mi
- Elliot Woods Park: 2.3 mi
- Willow Wood Park: 2.7 mi
- Bartel Grassland Land and Water Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Halsted Woods: 3.6 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 3.7 mi
- Arche Fountain: 3.7 mi
- Bodark Arc: 6.3 mi
- Spiral: 6.3 mi
- Sisyphus’Aviary: 6.3 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 5.0 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 6.9 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 8.0 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 9.8 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 9.5 mi
- HAST Garden: 10.3 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 10.6 mi
- Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 14.3 mi
- Whihala Beach: 14.4 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 14.4 mi
- Munson Beach: 14.5 mi
- Calumet Beach: 14.7 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 5.6 mi
- Sledding Hill: 9.7 mi
- Big Hill: 10.7 mi
- Arbor Hill: 13.0 mi
- Sled Hill: 15.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 5.6 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 11.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 11.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Tedens: 17.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goldberg Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 303° | 259 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ENE 78° | 214 m | 24.2 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 77° | 195 m | 22.8 mi |
| Players Hill | N 351° | 187 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer17 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird13 obs
- American Robin11 obs
- Monarch11 obs
- Mallard9 obs
- Northern Cardinal9 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel9 obs
- American Bullfrog9 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/552920870
Day trips start here
- Chicago Heights · 4 mi
- South Suburbs · 4 mi
- Harvey · 5 mi
- Oak Forest · 5 mi
- Midlothian · 6 mi
- Tinley Park · 6 mi
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